Comments on: GM Forms New Hybrid Engineering Team. How Great is That? http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-forms-new-hybrid-engineering-team-how-great-is-that/ The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:46:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: jazbo123 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-forms-new-hybrid-engineering-team-how-great-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-101632 jazbo123 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:45:12 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/news-blog/gm-forms-new-hybrid-engineering-team-how-great-is-that/#comment-101632 Well what did you expect them to do? This was the only way to add a new layer of GM management. Well what did you expect them to do? This was the only way to add a new layer of GM management.

]]> By: Sherman Lin http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-forms-new-hybrid-engineering-team-how-great-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-101619 Sherman Lin Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:17:13 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/news-blog/gm-forms-new-hybrid-engineering-team-how-great-is-that/#comment-101619 "Why in 2007/2008 did it officially take GM the effort to create a dedicated hybrid engineering team, when in the early 90’s Honda & Toyota (much smaller companies at that time) developed theirs." In my opinion because back then GM's false sense of pride, made it impossible to acknowledge that they would follow Toyota or Honda's lead which led to them falling yet further behind. Hence the common refrain of hybrids are a fad from GM. They are not and that is why GM is in the predicament that they are in. “Why in 2007/2008 did it officially take GM the effort to create a dedicated hybrid engineering team, when in the early 90’s Honda & Toyota (much smaller companies at that time) developed theirs.”

In my opinion because back then GM’s false sense of pride, made it impossible to acknowledge that they would follow Toyota or Honda’s lead which led to them falling yet further behind. Hence the common refrain of hybrids are a fad from GM. They are not and that is why GM is in the predicament that they are in.

]]> By: KixStart http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-forms-new-hybrid-engineering-team-how-great-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-101548 KixStart Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:15:34 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/news-blog/gm-forms-new-hybrid-engineering-team-how-great-is-that/#comment-101548 I see two possible reasons for this: 1. It's just the Daily Announcement. With each Daily Announcement, GM further increase its lead in alternative propulsion. Or at least increases its lead in talking about alternative propulsion. 2. Maybe - and this is the preferred reason - certain individuals in top management are <strike>being shoved out of the way</strike> being realigned in responsibility for the early alternative propulsion projects so the engineers can do their work <strike>without having their morale eroded by counter-productive blather from the top</strike> with proper focus, priorities and incentives. I see two possible reasons for this:

1. It’s just the Daily Announcement. With each Daily Announcement, GM further increase its lead in alternative propulsion. Or at least increases its lead in talking about alternative propulsion.

2. Maybe – and this is the preferred reason – certain individuals in top management are being shoved out of the way being realigned in responsibility for the early alternative propulsion projects so the engineers can do their work without having their morale eroded by counter-productive blather from the top with proper focus, priorities and incentives.

]]> By: Redbarchetta http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-forms-new-hybrid-engineering-team-how-great-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-101543 Redbarchetta Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:03:41 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/news-blog/gm-forms-new-hybrid-engineering-team-how-great-is-that/#comment-101543 Ok so nothing really changed? This is just an announcement of a new person for all the minions to have to report to. I thought Bob Lutz was intimately involved in seeing these new hybrids all the way to production. Seems like these guys are going the wrong way, they need to reduce the management bureaucracy not add more people and confusion to make it harder to get these things out. Ok so nothing really changed? This is just an announcement of a new person for all the minions to have to report to. I thought Bob Lutz was intimately involved in seeing these new hybrids all the way to production. Seems like these guys are going the wrong way, they need to reduce the management bureaucracy not add more people and confusion to make it harder to get these things out.

]]> By: jaje http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-forms-new-hybrid-engineering-team-how-great-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-101519 jaje Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:54:10 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/news-blog/gm-forms-new-hybrid-engineering-team-how-great-is-that/#comment-101519 Why in 2007/2008 did it officially take GM the effort to create a dedicated hybrid engineering team, when in the early 90's Honda & Toyota (much smaller companies at that time) developed theirs. Why in 2007/2008 did it officially take GM the effort to create a dedicated hybrid engineering team, when in the early 90’s Honda & Toyota (much smaller companies at that time) developed theirs.

]]> By: Mirko Reinhardt http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-forms-new-hybrid-engineering-team-how-great-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-101511 Mirko Reinhardt Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:36:41 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/news-blog/gm-forms-new-hybrid-engineering-team-how-great-is-that/#comment-101511 Do all those teams weigh out the sale of Allison... who were responsible for the two-mode hybrids' core component? Do all those teams weigh out the sale of Allison… who were responsible for the two-mode hybrids’ core component?

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